Reinforcing insert for lapels on coats



Nov. 16, 1937. 2,099,356

I REINFORCING INSERT FOR LAPELS ON COATS I K. VON DAENIKEN Filed April 13, 1936 Patented Nov. 16, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE c REINFORCING INSERT FOR LAPELS ON COATS Karl von Daeniken, Lucerne, Switzerland Application April 13, 1936,,SerialNo. 74,179 In Switzerland May 8, 1935 3 Claims.

Figs. 1 and 2 illustrate the method of procedure and the mechanical means of inserting thereinforcement;

Fig. 3 illustrates a finished lapel-peak with the insert in place;

Figs. '4 and illustrate the reinforcement-insert in partial elevation and in a lateral view.

In the drawing, I is the front or top-side of a lapel on a mans coat and I is the rear or bottomside. one end of which is provided with a barb 3. Said barb, in v the example chosen for illustration, is

of a triangular form and-stamped out of the pieceof steel as shown at 3 in Figs. 4 and 5. 4 is a so-called priming awl of approximately the same width as the said piece of steel 2.

The position of the piece of steel 2 in the lapelpeak is shown in Fig. 3. Said piece advantageously is laid between the bottom-run of cloth an the linen lining of the lapel.

The way and manner-of inserting said piece of steel into the finished lapel-peak is readily 2 is a thin and springy flat piece of steel;

The priming awl is pushed between the botbarb 3, and it also cannot be laterally displaced, since it is held in place by the loops of the cloth stitches.

The manufacturing of the lapel-peaks takes place just as in the case of lapel-peaks without reinforcement, and the latter is applied afterwards. away with any additional work of sewing.

What I claim and wish to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A reinforcement insert for lapel-peaks of coats consisting of a body portion formed from relatively thin metal and having opposed flat. surfaces and a rounded end portion, and a hook adjacent said round end portion ofiset from the planes of said fiat surfaces and having the point directed toward the opposite end of said body portion.

2. A reinforcementinsert for lapel-peaks of coats consisting of a body portion formed from relatively thin steel and having opposed fiat surfaces and a rounded end portion, and a hook formed on said body portion, said hook being punched from said body portion adjacent said rounded end portion and having its pointed end directed toward the opposite end of said body portion.

3. The method of inserting a stiffening element having a rounded end portion and a retaining barb projecting therefrom into a finished coat lapel which consists in forming an opening in the underside of the outer cloth of the lapel with an awl, then while maintaining the awl in position, sliding the stiffening element through the opening rounded end first and with the barb pointing away from the direction of movement and along said awl and beneath the'outer cloth of the lapel, and then withdrawing the'awl and leaving the stiffening element in position with the barb engaging the cloth of the lapel.

KARL von DAENIKEN.

The use of this reinforcing insert does 

